TABLE 3.
—Binary Logistic Regression Models Predicting Maternal Health Barriers to Employment Among Mothers of Chronically Ill Children
| Health Made It Hard to Find a Job, OR (95% CI) | Health Caused Missed Work Days, OR (95% CI) | Health Caused Loss of Job, OR (95% CI) | |
| Maternal mental health | 0.97** (0.95, 0.99) | 0.99 (0.97, 1.0) | 0.97* (0.95, 0.99) |
| Domestic violence experienced | 0.83 (0.3, 2.1) | 0.77 (0.3, 1.7) | 1.91 (0.8, 4.6) |
| Substance use reported | 0.67 (0.2, 2.1) | 1.35 (0.6, 3.1) | 0.70 (0.2, 2.1) |
| Maternal health problems | 1.47** (1.1, 1.9) | 2.09*** (1.6, 2.7) | 1.44** (1.1, 1.9) |
| Mother visited emergency department (past 6 mo) | 4.99*** (2.1, 11.7) | 4.31*** (2.2, 8.4) | 1.61 (0.7, 3.8) |
| Child activities limited | 1.35 (0.5, 3.4) | 0.74 (0.4, 1.5) | 0.98 (0.4, 2.4) |
| Child visited emergency department (past 6 mo) | 1.12 (0.4, 2.9) | 1.01 (0.5, 2.1) | 1.60 (0.6, 4.3) |
| Child visited hospital (past 6 mo) | 0.91 (0.3, 2.7) | 0.67 (0.3, 1.6) | 1.75 (0.7, 4.6) |
| Child has health insurance | 0.99 (0.3, 3.0) | 0.85 (0.3, 2.1) | 1.63 (0.5, 5.0) |
| Mother has health insurance | 0.70 (0.3, 1.7) | 0.78 (0.4, 1.6) | 0.39* (0.15, 0.98) |
| Harder to find child care | 1.08 (0.4, 2.6) | 1.37 (0.7, 2.8) | 1.15 (0.5, 2.8) |
| Years of education | 0.76* (0.6, 0.9) | 1.17 (1.0, 1.4) | 0.94 (0.8, 1.2) |
| Married (vs single) | 0.93 (0.5, 1.6) | 0.77 (0.5, 1.1) | 1.19 (0.7, 2.0) |
| Born in US | 0.77 (0.1, 4.7) | 1.18 (0.3, 5.2) | 2.87 (0.4, 21.6) |
| Age (of mother) | 1.08* (1.01, 1.15) | 1.03 (1.0, 1.1) | 1.05 (1.0, 1.1) |
| Speak English/both most comfortably | 2.01 (0.3, 13.3) | 3.75 (0.8, 18.4) | 0.42 (0.1, 2.5) |
| No. of household members | 0.76* (0.6, 0.99) | 1.05 (0.9, 1.3) | 0.84 (0.7, 1.1) |
| Income (>$1000 mo) | 0.86 (0.3, 2.3) | 0.91 (0.4, 1.9) | 0.57 (0.2, 1.5) |
| Model χ2 (df) | 79.86*** (18) | 102.99*** (18) | 46.82*** (18) |
Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.
*P < .05; ** P < .01; ***P < .001.